单词 | indian-hater |
释义 | > as lemmasIndian-hater (a) Objective, as Indian-hater n., Indian-lover n., etc.; Indian-hating n. and adj., Indian-loving, n. and adj., etc. ΚΠ 1829 J. Hall Western Souvenir 262 I was unable to learn from him what injury the Indian-hater had received. 1833 Western Monthly Mag. Sept. 403 (heading) Indian hating. The violent animosity which exists between the people of the frontier and the Indians, has long been a subject of remark. 1840 Case Seneca Indians in State of N.Y. (Joint Comm. Indian Affairs) 82 How cruel and hard-hearted they are, in refusing to gratify the humane and benevolent, and Indian-loving, and God-serving pre-emptioners! 1876 J. V. Campbell Outl. Polit. Hist. Michigan iv. 49 Contrary to the modern theories of our Indian hating statesmen, the civilized men depended for their supplies on the barbarians. 1970 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee xiii. 320 In the four years that had passed since Oliver Otis Howard treated Cochise and the Apaches with justice, he had learned that the Army was not tolerant of ‘Indian lovers.’ 1992 M. Tem Wilding i. 1 For a while, building the houses rivaled goldmining and Indian-fighting and saloon-keeping and preaching and whoring as ways to make a living and keep life interesting. 2000 Wicazo Sa Rev. 15 94 But what may not be so obvious is that Indian loving is based on the same premise as Indian hating. < as lemmas |
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